by Mark P. McDonald | September 1, 2010 | 10 Comments
Rework by Jason Fried provides an energetic and alternative view on the nature of work in the modern world. The book is written in a series of fast paced sections around particular imperatives. In many ways the book is a cross between Tom Peters, Seth Godin and the Clue Train Manifesto. It is more like [...]
Category: Book Review Tags: Innovation, personal
by Mark P. McDonald | June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
There is a spate of books about the brain, the internet and the impact of the internet on your brain. They all point to the detrimental impacts of working in an interrupt driven, attention demanding and always-on world. It is true that people are more harried as they try to stay and keep connected with [...]
Category: Personal Observation Technology Tags: Book Review, personal, Technology
by Mark P. McDonald | March 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Last night I was on an airplane, one of the larger regional jets and I was sitting in seat 20A – window over the wing. The airplane was packed and so my computer bag was on the floor under my seat. Within five minutes after take off, you guessed it, the person seated in 19A [...]
Category: Personal Observation Tags: personal, personal musing
by Mark P. McDonald | December 24, 2009 | 3 Comments
Its the time of year to take stock of the past year and think about our wishes for the future. 2009 has clearly been challenging to CIOs and IT organizations but not without its ‘gifts’ so to speak. It has been a privilege to work with CIOs during the past year and I want to [...]
Category: 2010 Personal Observation Tags: 2010 planning, CIO, personal, Personal Observation
by Mark P. McDonald | April 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
Readers, boy you do not know how great it is to think that I have readers, I will be on vacation this week starting actually on April 14th. I will be back with more blog entries starting the week of April 26th. In the meantime, this blog has been going for about 100 days, so [...]
Category: Personal Observation Tags: blog, feedback, personal
by Mark P. McDonald | March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
Social networking sites are great and we all enjoy letting our friends know what is going on in our lives. Recently I was showing my spouse my face book page and an old entry that said “Waking up in Seattle, getting ready to start my day.” This elicited two immediate comments. First was, boy does [...]
Category: Personal Observation web 2.0 Tags: personal, Privacy, Social Computing, web 2.0
by Mark P. McDonald | February 24, 2009 | 3 Comments
It’s a question my mother asked me over the summer. She had just had some major surgery and was recovering in the hospital. The kids – were all over 30 now — bought laptop for her so she could send us emails, look at images we were sending her. She had always known how to use email but [...]
Category: Personal Observation Uncategorized Tags: Internet, personal, rules, Strategy
by Mark P. McDonald | February 13, 2009 | 1 Comment
Twitter, Facebook and other social computing platforms are filled with people’s activities, what is going on with their lives. Most of it is interesting and often you get to see the routine pace of others. Yesterday the routine became the extraordinary in a simple way. A friend of mine from College and I had just [...]
Category: Fun Personal Observation Uncategorized web 2.0 Tags: Add new tag, home life, personal, Social Computing, web 2.0
by Mark P. McDonald | February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
A personal observation, nothing more. The Chicago Tribune Sunday edition (2/8/09) ran an article about the change in style driven by the recession and the new President. The article focused on how there has been a return to more formal business dress, suits, ties, clothes that fit better. They attribute part of that to the [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: personal, professional life
